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With over 100 million iPad's sold and Microsoft releasing their own tablet, Surface, this holiday season, Apple has been rumored to be developing a smaller version of its popular iPad tablet…
…and on October 23rd they announced it to the world.
The iPad mini's tech specs include:
- 7.9″ IPS Display (1024 x 768 px)
- 16/32/64 GB Storage
- 7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 inches (height/width/depth)
- 10.86 ounces
- A5 Dual Core Processor (Same as iPad 2/iPhone 4s)
- 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi & Bluetooth 4.0
- LTE 4g on Cellular Models
- New Lightning connector (replaces old dock connector)
You may be wondering why I titled this article "This apple fell far from the tree", because the specs list seems pretty good (the processor and screen resolution are exactly the same as the iPad 2).
The reason is simple: relative price, and design.
Relative Price
If the iPad Mini was the first tablet to come out in this size you could argue that $329 for the base 16GB Wi-Fi model ($459 with cellular) was a reasonable price, but the Amazon Kindle HD 7″, Google Nexus 7″ and a host of other 7″ tablets are available for $199. Additionally, the screen resolution is lower than the competitors, the processor is slower and the device features less connectivity/expandability than the competitors. Normally the Apple premium price is rewarded by a device with some of the best specs, but this time you pay a lot more and get a lot less.
When Steve Jobs introduced the original iPad he made it clear the bezel (the black space around the screen) was designed to perfectly fit the human thumb so you can hold the device easily. The iPad mini doesn't appear to follow that design, with a very thin bezel meant to be held in a claw grip from behind. Why is this such a big problem? Well, the sides of the screen register touch so you'll be flipping pages, accidentally clicking links and doing all other manner of annoying things if you try to hold the Mini like a full size iPad.
The picture to the left below shows the claw grip Apple expects you to hold this nearly 8″ by 5.5″ device in. I have large hands, and it was a challenge for me to hold it. The picture below to the right shows a person trying to hold the iPad Mini as you would hold other tablets, but clearly your thumb ends up over content and on the touch screen.
It's not that the iPad Mini is the worst tablet ever made – it is amazingly thin, it's made out of aluminum, has Apple's fantastic app store and iOS operating system, which means it is sure to be a commercial success. But in my opinion, it has a serious design flaw and is too expensive. This is a rare miss on some pretty basic aspects from a company which redefined the tablet market from bulky, overpriced, hard-to-use devices into sleek simple and affordable tablets.
The iPad Mini will be available for pre-order on Friday October 26th, with retail availability starting on November 2nd. Expect long lines and the traditional camp outs at Apple stores to be one of the first to purchase, but I would consider one of the cheaper alternatives for a 7″ tablet – or if you want an Apple device, the full size iPad (refurbished iPad 3 available for only $379 right now at Apple's online store and new iPad 2′s starting at $399)
P.S. Apple also announced the iPad 4, which is identical to the iPad 3 with an upgraded A6X processor featuring 2x the performance, new lightning connector and faster 4g LTE service on cellular models. Not an Earth-shattering upgrade, but just enough to upset everyone who bought the brand new iPad 3 which was released a little more than 6 months ago.


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AMD readies third Radeon HD 3800-series GPU line
3830 to take on Nvidia's 8600 GTS and 9600 GT
AMD will next month launch the ATI Radeon HD 3830, an 'RV670'-based graphics card said to have been designed to pull the rug from under Nvidia's low-end-of-the-top-range offerings.
So claim industry moles cited by Chinese-language site HKEPC. They say the 3830 will contain the same 320 unified shader processors as the 3850 and 3870, but connect to memory over a 128-bit bus rather than the 256-bit bus the higher-spec GPUs use.
The 3830 will also be limited to 256MB of graphics memory.
The moles suggest the 3830 will be released in the middle of April, with boards costing gamers between $119 and $129 or equivalent. AMD will apparently pitch the GPU as a product more capable than Nvidia's GeForce 8600 GTS but cheaper than the recently released 9600 GT.
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If the novell clinet belongs to me i see no harm in hacking it.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious and often severe airborne disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacteria. TB typically affects the lungs, but it also can affect any other organ of the body. It is usually treated with a regimen of drugs taken for six months to two years depending on whether the infecting organisms are drug resistant.
Why Is the Study of Tuberculosis a Priority for NIAID?
Tuberculosis is one of the major causes of disability and death worldwide. More than 95 percent of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, according to the World Health Organization. In 2014, 9.6 million people became ill with TB, and 1.5 million people died from the disease. TB is a leading cause of death for people infected with HIV. In 2015, 1 in 3 HIV deaths was due to TB. Globally in 2014, an estimated 480,000 people developed multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
How Is NIAID Addressing This Critical Topic?
NIAID supports a comprehensive portfolio of research covering basic, translational and clinical studies to better understand the national history of TB and the development of drug resistance. NIAID also provides resources and animal models to investigators worldwide to facilitate biomedical research and help move drugs, vaccines and diagnostics closer to patients.
To learn about risk factors for Tuberculosis and current prevention and treatment strategies visit the MedlinePlus tuberculosis site.
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NIAID supports basic research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of TB, and seeks to understand how the bacterium causes disease in humans. The Institute is accelerating efforts to identify new candidate drugs, vaccines and biomarkers and technologies with diagnostic potential to improve TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies. NIAID also supports research to map the diversity of genetic drug resistant Mtb and assess what factors influence the occurrence, distribution, and transmission of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Mtb.
Scientists are studying how the TB bacterium evades the immune system to infect people, how it can lay dormant for years and become active at a later stage in life, and why people can have TB disease more than once in their lives. This knowledge will help to find ways to develop vaccines that are able to prime the immune system to recognize Mtb, prevent it from infecting people, or prevent latent infections from progressing to active TB disease.
NIAID supports the development of new and improved diagnostic tools to more accurately diagnose Mtb infection early TB disease, help optimize therapy by identifying drug-resistant strains, and track the spread of TB in a community. The Institute also encourages researchers to develop tools and identify biomarkers that allow clinicians to rapidly assess how people respond to therapy and to assist in conducting drug and vaccine clinical trials.
The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB and, more recently, extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB has intensified the need for new TB drugs. Helping discover and develop those drugs is a top NIAID priority. The Institute supports research to elucidate the mechanisms of drug resistance, identify new TB drug targets and candidate drugs, and evaluate novel TB drugs and optimal drug combinations in preclinical and clinical studies.


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Where have I been? The answer is really good – everywhere. I've had my nose to the grindstone, knitting away this summer, and I got to do some of my knitting on a 10-state 12-day road trip from Ohio to Montana and back again. What else are you supposed to do when one of your knitbuds says "I'm moving to Montana?" You go with them, and you take your knitting with you, of course. The socks you see here managed to make it from cast-on to cast-off without being blogged; they're a toe-up pair of Timberline Toes from Lucy Neatby (a sock so nice, I've knit it twice), in Regia that was a lovely gift from Lisa and the dogs, unused for far too long. With two pairs complete, I'm now fairly certain that I've gotten toe-up socks out of my system, at least for the moment. I wove in the (many) ends of my Smoking Hot Socks, and so they are also officially done. I loved this pattern from beginning to end. They were fun, engaging and quick – completed in a month (if you don't count the ends). I'm ready to knit another pair.
But right now, my attention is focused on unfinished objects rather than new projects – after a long hiatus I've picked up my entrelac socks again. The sorry tale boil down to this – after doing half of the heel prep on sock #1 Easter weekend, 2007, I lost track of what I was doing, and had a devil of a time trying to figure it out. No matter what I did, the second triangle I was making to form the base of the heel didn't look like the first. I e-mailed Janice (maker of three pairs of Step Above Socks), she was helpful, I was still sort of stuck. Then I came up withe the brilliant idea of faking myself out: why not start the second sock, work up to the heel and just keep going as though nothing were wrong – maybe that would jog my brain into remembering how everything was supposed to fit together? It worked(!).
I was not really planning on participating in the Ravelympics, but I've made so much progress on these socks I might not be able to help finishing them this month. Unless I run out of yarn. Now that I'm close to the toe on sock #2, I can see that I might not have enough yarn for the heels and toes. This is the second pair of Koigu socks in a row where I've run short – I think I have to start buying three skeins for a pair – or buy stock in Tums for the stress running short causes me. More travel knitting here, with photos to come as I upload them inbetween bouts of knitting. There's been more, of course – I couldn't go an entire summer without posting unless I got into multiple kinds of trouble…including spinning. Yes, you read that right. Stay tuned for more details – I promise it won't be another three months before you hear from me again.


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Visitors who want to escape the hustle and bustle of San Juan should head up to the mountains of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, a 45 mi/72 km (one-hour) drive south toward the central region of the island.
Aibonito is known for its flowers and refreshing climate. A flower festival is held annually the last week of June through the first week of July and is a must-see for its wide variety of orchids and tropical flowers in vibrant colors.
The Mirador Piedra Degetau observatory makes an ideal stopover.
Note: Puerto Rico sustained severe damage during Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Recovery efforts may take years. Travelers should investigate current conditions prior to planning a visit.
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School of English
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Course information for 2019 start
Key facts
UCAS code: RT71
Start date: September 2018
5 years full time
Typical A-level offer: ABB
(specific subjects required)
UK/EU fees See fees section below
International fees £17,500 (per year)
Language requirements
IELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component
Study abroad option: Yes
Work placement option: Yes
China plays an important role on the global stage and is one of the worlds largest economies. This degree combines core and optional modules allowing you to become proficient in a major world language while gaining a broader understanding of the history and culture of China and East Asia as a whole. We teach Chinese from beginners level, but if you already have some knowledge of the subject we can normally accommodate you.
If you have A-level Russian or equivalent, this degree will improve and refine your language skills, and introduce you to various aspects of Russian culture, history and politics. A combination of core and optional modules will give you a firm grounding in the Russian language and you'll be able to choose from a wide range of optional modules exploring topics that suit your interests in Russian history, culture and society. You'll also spend a year studying in Russia to develop your spoken and written Russian. But you'll also choose from optional modules to explore topics from Dostoevsky to the language of the media.Back to top
Course content
A Joint Honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each Single Honours course, but you'll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You'll study one of our Cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.
In your first year core modules will develop your Chinese language skills. Youll also choose from optional modules introducing Chinese history, culture and religious traditions. Then youll spend a year studying in China to improve your language skills and experience the local culture, and return to advanced language classes over the next two years. Youll also choose from optional modules from Cantonese to Sino-Japanese relations.
Russian A
In your first year you'll study core modules that will improve your written and spoken Russian, and you'll also be introduced to Russian culture and literature. You'll then spend a year studying in Russia to refine your skills and gain a deeper insight into Russian life. When you return, you'll take advanced language classes over the next two years, and choose from optional modules on topics such as 19th century literature, new media in Russia and translation.
Course structure
These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
|Basic Chinese Language 1
|20 credits
|Basic Chinese Language 2
|20 credits
|IT for LCS Students
|5 credits
|Core Russian Language 1
|20 credits
Year 2
Compulsory modules
|Year Abroad in China
|120 credits
Year 3
Compulsory modules
|Year Abroad
|120 credits
Year 4
Compulsory modules
|Chinese 2A
|20 credits
|Chinese 2B
|20 credits
|Core Russian Language 2
|20 credits
Year 5
Compulsory modules
|Chinese 3: Advanced Skills
|20 credits
|Core Russian Language 3
|20 credits
For more information on typical modules, read Chinese and Russian A BA in the course catalogue
Broadening your academic horizons
At Leeds we want you to benefit from the depth and breadth of the University's expertise, to prepare you for success in an ever-changing and challenging world. This course gives you the opportunity to broaden your learning by studying discovery modules. Find out more on the Broadening webpages.
Learning and teaching
Our tutors are experts in their fields, and their teaching is informed by their own cutting-edge research.
We use a range of teaching methods to help you benefit from their expertise, including lectures, seminars, tutorials or occasionally workshops. However, independent study is also central to this degree, since it allows you to develop your skills in research and analysis. You will be able to apply your skills and knowledge in a Final Year Research Project on a topic of your own choice.
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Entry requirements, fees and applying
Entry requirements
A-level: ABB including B in Russian.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. An interview and a piece of written work may also be required. This course has additional subject specific requirements. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.
We will consider this qualification in combination with other qualifications. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.
Cambridge Pre-U
M1, M1, M1 including Russian
International Baccalaureate
34 points overall with 16 at Higher Level including 6 in Russian at Higher Level
Irish Highers (Leaving Certificate)
H2, H2, H2, H3, H3, H3 including H3 in Russian
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers
BB in Advanced Highers including Russian and AABBB in Highers, or B in Russian in Advanced Highers and AAABB in Highers
Welsh Baccalaureate
The Welsh Baccalaureate is not typically included in the academic conditions of an offer made to you for this course. If you choose to undertake the Welsh Baccalaureate we would strongly encourage you to draw upon these experiences within your personal statement, as your qualification will then be taken into account both when your application is initially considered by the selection panel and again when reviewed by the admissions tutor at the time your A-level results are passed to us.
Other Qualifications
European Baccalaureate: 77% including 80% in Russian.
Read more about UK and Republic of Ireland accepted qualifications or contact the Schools Undergraduate Admissions Team.
When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be BBB at A Level including Russian and grade A in the EPQ.
Alternative entry
Were committed to identifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or background.
Access to Leeds is an alternative admissions scheme which accepts applications from individuals who might be from low income households, in the first generation of their immediate family to apply to higher education, or have had their studies disrupted.
Find out more about Access to Leeds and alternative admissions.
Typical Access to Leeds offer: BBC at A Level including B in Russian and pass Access to Leeds.
We accept a wide range of international equivalent qualifications. For more information contact the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies admissions team.
English language requirementsIELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.
Improve your English
International students who do not meet the English language requirements for this programme may be able to study our undergraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.
How to apply
Apply to this course through UCAS. The institution code for the University of Leeds is L23. Check the deadline for applications on the UCAS website.
International students apply through UCAS in the same way as UK/EU students. Our network of international representatives can help you with your application. If youre unsure about the application process, contact the admissions team for help.
Read about visas, immigration and other information in International students. We recommend that international students apply as early as possible to ensure that they have time to apply for their visa.
Admissions policy
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Undergraduate Admissions Policy
UK/EU: See fees section below
International: £17,500 (per year)
For UK and non-UK EU full-time students starting in 2018, the fee for 2018/19 will be £9,250.
The fee for undergraduate students starting in 2019 will be confirmed in September 2018.
The fee may increase in future years of your course in line with inflation, and as permitted by law. For example, the increase of 2.8% in 2017/18 was based on the government's forecast for the RPI-X measure of inflation.
The UK government has confirmed that non-UK EU students starting in the 2019/20 academic year will have home fee status and be eligible for UK government student loans. The UK government has not confirmed the situation for future years, so keep checking our website for updates.
If you take a study abroad or work placement year, youll pay a reduced tuition fee during this period. For more information, see Study abroad and work placement tuition fees and loans.
Read more about paying fees and charges.
Financial support
If you have the talent and drive, we want you to be able to study with us, whatever your financial circumstances. There is help for students in the form of loans and non-repayable grants from the University and from the government. Find out more in our Undergraduate funding overview.Back to top
Career opportunities
Studying for a Joint Honours degree allows you to gain an in-depth knowledge of two subjects, including proficiency in a major world language. As well as demonstrating that youre intellectually versatile, your degree will equip you with a wide range of skills across different disciplines that employers actively seek.
Youll have good research skills, and youll be able to analyse complex information from multiple sources before drawing your own conclusions. Youll then be able to communicate and defend your views clearly, either verbally or in writing. In addition, youll have strong research and organisational skills and be confident working independently or in a team. You will also have a strong understanding of cultural diversity, allowing you to work effectively with people whose backgrounds differ from yours.
All of these qualities are very attractive to employers, and graduates have pursued careers across the globe that reflect the diversity of their degrees. Theyve gone on to be successful in education, the media, law, publishing, the civil service, business and finance and the charity sector to name a few. Many others have also pursued postgraduate study, including further training in language-based careers such as translating and interpreting.
To find out more about graduate destinations in your subjects, please see the relevant Single Honours pages.
Careers support
We encourage you to prepare for your career from day one. Thats one of the reasons Leeds graduates are so sought after by employers.
Leeds for Life is our unique approach to helping you make the most of University by supporting your academic and personal development. Find out more at the Leeds for Life website.
The Careers Centre and staff in your faculty provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate. Find out more at the Careers website.Back to top
Placement opportunities
Residence abroad
This five-year course involves two periods of study abroad.
In Year 2 you can choose to study in Taiwan at National Chengchi University, Taipei, or at universities in Mainland China located in Beijing or Shanghai.
You'll also spend a year studying Russian language and culture in institutes such as the Centre for International Education at Moscow State University.
Read more about the Chinese year abroad
Read more about the Russian year abroad
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Hostas are good for borders and mass landscaping requiring very little maintenance. Good for shade areas.
Hosta Christmas Tree has broad, rounded, dark green leaves that are somewhat corrugated. The leaves have a narrow margin that starts out yellow in the spring and quickly changes to cream. Hosta Paul's Glory leaf centers are yellowish with blue green margins. Hostas are outstanding ground covers or accent plants. Hosta not only can be perfect for the garden, but they are excellent in cut flower arrangements. Perennials that return year after year. Distinctive foliage from spring to fall.
- Package of contains 5 Christmas Tree and 3 Paul's Glory - total 8 dormant plants
- Hostas are grown mainly for their beautiful foliage that ranges in color from stunning blue-greens to chartreuse and from huge solid leaves to delicate variegated varieties
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The sun in your sign is boosting your confidence. Ask someone out even if you're convinced that he or she will reject you. Your chances of getting lucky are big for the next two weeks.
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They are two of the largest parts of the federal government. They're growing. And they're heading toward financial problems that will touch tens of millions of Americans unless something changes.
Medicare is the nation's biggest buyer of health care, spending $550 billion last year to provide care for 48.7 million Americans. The problem is that the taxes paid by workers and employers to finance the program aren't covering the full cost, and the government since 2008 has been drawing off its trust fund to make up the difference. Barring changes, the trust fund runs out in 12 years – 2024 – and the government would have to raise taxes or cut services.
Social Security, which provides benefits for 55 million people, is in better financial shape, but the funds that support it are projected to run out in 2033 – three years earlier than was predicted just last year.
President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney offer vastly different approaches to putting both popular programs on sound financial footing. Both offer more details for Medicare than Social Security.
Obama relies on the already enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – to fix the problem. Romney wants to repeal that act, and instead change the system starting in 2023 to give people a check to use to buy their insurance – either the existing Medicare coverage from the government or other coverage from a private insurer. If the insurance cost more, they'd have to make up the difference. If it cost less, they could keep the difference in a health care account.
Here's what each candidates would do:
Obama would:
– Use the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to transform, trim and sustain Medicare.
– Reduce projected annual payments to health care providers and Medicare Advantage plans.
– Impose new fees on drug companies, medical device makers and insurers.
– Improve prescription drug coverage and pay for free preventative care.
Obama's plan to restructure Medicare centers on the health care overhaul he signed into law in 2010, much of which has not yet been implemented.
First, his plan cuts projected Medicare spending by $716 billion from 2013 to 2022. The savings would come mainly from lower annual payment increases for hospitals and other care providers, higher premiums for affluent beneficiaries and lower payments to Medicare Advantage plans, the private plans that provide Medicare benefits, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
While services for Medicare beneficiaries would not be directly affected, some experts, including Medicare's chief actuary, Richard S. Foster, have questioned whether the spending reductions could end up limiting services for beneficiaries in future years.
In the 2012 Medicare trustees report, Foster expressed concern that lower payments to health care providers would not cover the cost of medical services in later years and could lead to a shortage of care providers similar to what the Medicaid program is experiencing now. If that occurred, Foster said, Congress might have to increase payments, which could lead to higher Medicare costs than are currently projected under the law.
Second, the law adds new revenue to Medicare from a 2014 payroll tax on high-income workers and new fees on drug companies, medical device makers and insurers – all industries that will see substantial new revenue when the law mandates millions of uninsured Americans to start buying insurance in 2014.
Third, the law uses the new revenue plus savings from the provider payment reductions to help finance a range of free preventative services such as flu shots, colon and breast cancer screenings, mammograms and blood pressure checks already being offered. Last year, nearly 26 million people in traditional Medicare took advantage of the coverage.
It also provides partial prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries who otherwise have no coverage when their drug costs reached the so-called "doughnut hole" – between $2,800 and $4,550. That partial "doughnut hole" coverage saved 3.6 million people an average of $583 in 2011, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. In 2020, the Affordable Care Act would close the "doughnut hole" altogether by providing full coverage.
Romney would:
– Repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
– Replace the current Medicare system, starting in 2023, with a "voucher" or "premium support" payment plan.
– Let people use the voucher to purchase private coverage or traditional Medicare coverage.
Romney's proposed overhaul wouldn't affect current Medicare beneficiaries or those nearing retirement, only those who enter Medicare beginning in 2023.
Starting in 2023, he'd give government vouchers to people to but their own insurance. The idea is that private insurance companies would compete for that business, providing more value and better quality while driving down prices.
If their medical costs exceed the amount of their voucher, seniors would have to pay the difference regardless of whether they've chosen private insurance or traditional Medicare. The amount of the voucher would be equal to the cost of traditional Medicare in that area or the second least expensive private plan that offers benefits equivalent to Medicare – whichever is less. The voucher amount and the cost of coverage would differ depending on the region of the country.
A similar Medicare plan by Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, would cap inflationary increases in the amount of the premium support payment at half a percentage point more than the annual increase in the gross domestic product. But Romney's proposal features no such cap. Instead, the amount of the premium support payment would grow – or decline – as necessary to keep pace with either the second least expensive private plan or traditional Medicare – again, whichever is cheapest.
If the cost of coverage is less than the amount of the voucher, the balance would be available in an account similar to a health savings account to pay for other out-of-pocket health expenses, according to the Romney campaign.
Romney says the voucher system provides enrollees a better choice. Critics say insurers would end up recruiting younger, healthier seniors under the new system, leaving traditional Medicare with older, sicker people who are more costly to care for.
The Kaiser foundation expects that beneficiary co-pays and premiums would rise under the voucher plan.
Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Fund also would become insolvent eight years earlier – in 2016 instead of 2024 – if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were repealed, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That's because the added revenue from fees would be lost and the $716 billion in spending increases to health care providers would return.
Repealing the law would bring about some Medicare savings, most notably by eliminating the law's "doughnut hole" prescription drug coverage and by eliminating a range of free preventative care and screenings.
Also, repealing the law could increase the federal budget deficit. The Congressional Budget Office and the House-Senate Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that repealing the entire law would increase the deficit by $119 billion from 2012 to 2019.
Said last week that Social Security was "structurally sound" but needed to be "tweaked."
Obama has not proposed any changes in Social Security. But he has said he's open to raising taxes by taxing some amount of income above $110,100, the annual level at which Social Security taxes now stop.
Would increase Social Security's eligibility age by one month per year beginning in 2022 and index future program eligibility to life expectancy. He also wants to slow the rate of benefit growth for high-income recipients.
While Social Security has received scant attention during the campaign, Medicare has emerged as a dominant issue.
A September poll by Kaiser found that Obama leads Romney by 20 points – 52 percent to 32 percent – on the question of who "do you trust to do a better job determining the future of the Medicare program." Among those age 65 and over, Romney closes the gap but still trails Obama 44 percent to 42 percent.
On the question of who's more trustworthy "to reduce Medicare spending wisely," Obama leads Romney 54 percent to 40 percent. But among seniors, 38 percent feel Medicare will be "worse off" under Obamacare compared to 31 percent who say it will be "better off."


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Podcast: 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report calls for investment in developing young people's skills
NEW YORK, United States of America, 30 November 2012 One in five young people aged 15 to 24 in 123 low- and middle-income countries has been left out of primary education and lacks skills for work. Of these people, the majority are young women.
The 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report Youth and skills: Putting education to work examines how skills-development programmes can be improved to boost young peoples opportunities for decent jobs and better lives.
Podcast moderator Femi Oke discussed the reports findings and the dynamics around gender and skills development with Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Pauline Rose.
Unemployment, poverty and inequality
The number of young people in the world has never been higher. In 2010, the population of those between the ages of 15 and 24 reached one billion. Many of these youth are not learning the necessary skills to become functional adults in their societies.
According to Ms. Rose, one in eight young people is without work. Perhaps of even greater concern is that there are around one in four young people who are working for wages below the poverty line. And we identify that young women are much more likely to be in this situation, and that includes young women who have actually had some education, she said.
Ms. Rose said that, while programmes such as BRAC in Bangladesh and Camfed in parts of Africa are addressing the needs of young women in the direst circumstances by providing basic skills training and assistance in setting up profitable businesses, these efforts are not enough. These programmes are very important, but they are reaching too few young women and men who need the support of these programmes. They need to be radically scaled up by governments with the support of aid donors.
Developing skills, and economic growth
Evidence shows that investing in young peoples skills development leads to economic growth and brings positive transformation. Ms. Rose highlighted two cases: The Republic of Korea is a striking example of a country that invested in skills development and linked that with the countrys overall macroeconomic policy and strategy to make sure that young people were being provided with the skills that they need for the work place [I]t went from being a low-income country 30 years ago to now being a high-income country, with a massive increase in economic growth
We contrast this with Ghana, which started out 30 years ago with a similar level of education and a similar level of economic growth to actually being stagnating both in education and growth.
The report calls on governments to address the need to give young people who lack basic literacy and numeracy skills a second chance in education. It also calls on donors to allocate their funds to reach those who are most in need.
Were also working with young people to make sure that they are also able to put the word out there, to the ministries of education. Because, at the end of the day, its experiences of the young people who really matter and who actually can express the need and the importance of these issues far better than we can, concluded Ms. Rose.


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Consumer Reports: Problem-Plagued Used Cars
Consumer Reports' engineers find the new BMW 3 Series is great to drive, but its surveys show some older models aren't aging well. For example, the BMW 335i from 2007 through 2010 tends to have fuel pump and fuel injection troubles.
And there are other popular used cars that can wind up in the shop. Consumer Reports' reliability information on almost 250 models identifies the most likely problems.
Car problems don't happen randomly. From the millions of car problems Consumer Reports' subscribers report each year, Consumer Reports identifies key trouble areas.
For instance, the Ford Focus 2003 through 2006 shows problems with the alternator, ignition switch, and battery. And owners of Dodge Grand Caravans from 2003 through 2006 complain about the power steering, tie rods, water pump, and air conditioning.
Even Toyota and Honda, which tend to be more reliable, have model years that are trouble-prone. The V6 Honda Accords from 2003 and 2004 have a high rate of transmission failure. And many Accords from 2008 through 2010 experience brake problems. And the 4-cylinder Toyota Camry from 2008 suffers excessive brake wear.
Of the 17 trouble spots Consumer Reports engineers look at, brakes are the biggest problem with used cars beyond normal wear and tear. Brakes are definitely something you should check carefully before you buy. And whatever used car you're considering, Consumer Reports says always get it checked by an independent mechanic.
Consumer Reports identifies the best and worst used cars. Among the best for under $10,000the 2009 Pontiac Vibe, the 2008 4-cylinder Hyundai Sonata, and the 2004 Acura TSX and Toyota RAV4.
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Barry University's men's soccer squad defeated Eckerd Saturday night 1-0 in the regular season finale, guaranteeing the Bucs to host a first round Sunshine State Conference Tournament match next week.
Thomas Coombes scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season, before being sent off, and Johnny Rodrigues collected his 43rd career win and his 28th shutout, which now ties him for most all-time in program history, in the Barry's regular season finale.
The Bucs dominated from the start, out-shooting the Tritons 13-4 in the first half, but didn't have a goal to show for it. Coombes was active all afternoon, creating opportunities for his teammates and himself and the Bucs defense was stout as well.
It wasn't until the 62nd minute mark that Nico Gercke won a header and slipped a pass behind the defense to Coombes. Goalkeeper Toni Vertanen came rushing out and Coombes was able to chip the ball over his head to break the scoreless tie.
A physical second half was controlled by the Bucs as they continued to maintain a 10-6 advantage in shots throughout the period.
Johnny Rodrigues was not tested much in the contest but did come up with a pair of saves to seal the shutout. Rodrigues needs four saves to tie Vinicius Cavani for most all-time in Barry history and five to surpass him. With one more victory and shutout, Rodrigues can claim the all-time records in each category for himself.
Prior to the start of the match the Buccaneers honored the 2013 men's soccer senior class (Shaun Herselman, Joong Kim and Johnny Rodrigues) with a pregame ceremony.
Barry will host the first round matchup on Tuesday night at Buccaneer field with kickoff scheduled for 7 pm. Live-stat and audio broadcast will be available through the Barry University athletics website, GOBARRYBUCS.COM.


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Did you watch these videos? It's a bizarre teenage drama, Buffy the vampire slayer worthy, wtf
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From the Wires
Tobacco sales to minors at highest level in the last decade
By: PR Newswire
Dec. 12, 2012 02:40 PM
About 16 percent of tobacco retailers illegally sold to minors in 2012
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The number of Washington retailers illegally selling tobacco to minors has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. An annual report that tracks illegal sales shows about 16 percent of tobacco retailers in our state sold tobacco to minors from January to June of this year — up from 11 percent in 2011 and 10 percent in 2010.
"This is unacceptable. Our young people should not have access to these deadly tobacco products," said Secretary of Health Mary Selecky. "Most adult smokers start as teens, so if we can keep tobacco out of the hands of kids, it's likely they'll never take up this dangerous habit."
The Department of Health works with state and local agencies to train tobacco retailers so they know and understand their obligations under the law and the penalties for violating it. The high level of employee turnover in stores that sell tobacco makes retailer education crucial. With limited budgets over the last few years, local communities were unable to expand retailer education or dedicate resources to youth prevention. Meanwhile, the tobacco industry continues to invest huge amounts of money to attract new smokers. In 2010, the industry spent about $80 million on marketing activities in Washington alone.
The current youth smoking rate in Washington is about 13 percent. It's dropped by about half since 2000. Unfortunately the rate of decline has leveled off in recent years, and the use of alternative tobacco products like chew, cigars, and hookahs is a growing concern.
The rate of stores selling tobacco to minors is monitored in the annual Synar Report. The report is the result of federal legislation that requires states to enact and enforce laws that prohibit the sale of tobacco products to minors, and to conduct annual random, unannounced inspections of retailers. The report is compiled by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Compliance checks are conducted by local health agencies and the state Liquor Control Board. Working with local law enforcement, teens try to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products at randomly selected retailers. Clerks who sell tobacco to minors can be fined up to $100 and retail owners can be fined up to $1,500. Licenses to sell tobacco are permanently revoked after multiple violations.
If the rate of retailers selling tobacco to minors exceeds 20 percent, Washington could lose nearly $14 million dollars in federal funding for drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention and treatment. While official youth checks determine the rate of illegal sales, anyone can report a violation on the state Liquor Control Board's website.
Washington has made significant headway in lowering smoking rates, but there's still work to do. Statewide there are about 70,000 youth who still smoke cigarettes. About 50 young people start smoking each day and about 7,900 people die every year in Washington from tobacco-related diseases. Making sure stores don't sell tobacco to children helps kids remain free from addiction, disease, and death caused by smoking.
The Department of Health website (www.doh.wa.gov) is your source for a healthy dose of information. Also, find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: In Depp, a boy for all seasons
Photos: In Depp, a boy for all seasons
Johnny Depp turned 50 on June 9. Here are some of the many faces of Depp.
Tonto in "The Lone Ranger."
Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Willy Wonka in Tim Burton's "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory."
J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, in "Finding Neverland."
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Going Mental over Percents
Lesson 20 of 20
Objective: Students will be able to explain multiple methods for mental calculation of a percent increase or decrease.
Big Idea: Exposure to multiple methods makes students more flexible and more confident problem solvers, helping them persevere when they get stuck.
This lesson focuses on mental calculations using percents. We will work on calculating a percent of a quantity, as well as percent increases and decreases. Using Multiple methods is a central idea in this lesson. Exposing students to multiple methods helps them develop the mathematical practices necessary to persevere and plan alternative solution paths (MP1).
In this lesson I give students autonomy to choose their own strategy. This approach empowers all students. Some are always uncertain at first, because they are accustomed to being told what steps to perform. I find that it is important to help some students move beyond playing the game of guessing what I want them to do. This lesson is more powerful when students understand that they have permission to solve problems in whatever way makes sense to them. After uncovering and sharing multiple methods, we move towards better problem solving habits by comparing strategies and making mathematical connections among them (MP2, MP3, MP7).
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Warm up
Today's Warm up is projected as students enter so they can begin immediately:
Amanda is bringing a total of $20 to spend at the May Fair. Jackie is bringing 60% more than Amanda. How much money is Jackie bringing?
Students are encouraged to find as many ways to solve this problem in their Math Family Group and told to try to draw a diagram or model to represent their method.
As I circulate I am looking for all the different models my students are using. I am also asking students to explain what they are doing. I want them to practice explaining how their model represents their thinking and what it represents mathematically. I ask questions like:
- What does this ___________ represent?
- Why did you do _______ next?
- How does this ___________ help you find the answer?
I try to question in ways that firm up concepts in a student's mind. I want learners to be confident in what they know. I find that this helps students to be clear and complete in their explanations. Included here is One conversation I had with Cristina and Angelina as they worked on a problem. I focused on helping them to understand their strategies. Engaging my students in these conversations about the math they are doing helps them make sense of the math (MP1) and also makes them more capable speakers about math.
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Mental Math Number Talk
Number Talks are a mental math routine that puts student thinking at the center. Students are allowed to solve the problems in any way they want and then explain their strategy. The whole point is to expose students to multiple methods so they can make mathematical connections and become more flexible with math.
I don't often use context in my Number Talk problems, but here I do because the context helps my students make sense of the concept of percent change. In the past many of my students get confused with percent increases and decreases and they would ask whether they were supposed to add or subtract or just find the percent. The context here helps them figure that out for themselves.
I start by writing "60% of 30 monkeys" on the board and asking students to calculate the amount mentally. After I record all the various methods they used I ask them to figure out mentally calculate the following (one at a time):
- 60% more than 30 monkeys
- 60% less than 30 monkeys
- 80% more than $50
- 75% less than $20
I give students a couple of minutes think time for each problem and when several are signalling (thumbs up) that they have an answer I ask for solutions and strategies. Not everyone needs to have a "thumbs up" before I call for answers. The important thing is that students are ready to listen to each other explain what they did and why they did it. After solving each problem mentally students share their various strategies and I record them on the board (see Number talk to share multiple mental methods).
I invite students to try each other's strategies for subsequent problems. As a result, over time, more and more students participate by sharing the strategy that they used to perform a calculation.
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Wrap up
To bring closure to today's lesson, I present students with the following scenario:
Suppose you can save 15% on your car insurance for earning a safe driver discount. Which strategy (from our Number Talk) would you use to mentally calculate your new cost if you currently pay $900 for six months.
I first ask students to do a Quiet Write in which they write their response for 2 minutes and then share with their Math Family Group.
I expect two things to happen:
- I expect my students to compare the strategies for efficiency
- I expect they will discuss the process of calculating both the savings amount as well as the discounted cost
My students often struggle with percent application problems because they involve multiple steps. For example, they will correctly calculate the percent, but forget to add or subtract the value from the starting amount. Today's Wrap Up will help me to assess which students are prone to such issues. When we share as a class, I will underline the importance of specifically identifying what the problem is asking us to find.


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In late December, High Line Flickr Pool contributor Alan Greig captured this beautiful photo of visitors peering out from the 10th Avenue Square as part of his black and white series of images of the neighborhood.
Winter is a great time to photograph the park. It's a time when the dried structural elements of plants beautifully complement the High Line's steel and concrete architecture. Take your time as you stroll through the park, you may also see – or smell! – some of the park's surprisingly delicate and fragrant winter blooms.
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Einari Kisel, WEC Senior Fellow, commented on European energy market policies and discussed the role of the World Energy Council in a presentation at the Conference on the Baltic Energy Market Integration Plan (BEMIP) on 14 September in Vilnius, Lithuania. The BEMIP aims to connect the electricity and gas markets of the Baltic states (Lithuania, […]
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The World Energy Council welcomes Estonian Deputy Secretary General for Energy, Einari Kisel, as a Senior Fellow
Former Estonian Deputy Secretary General for Energy, Einari Kisel, joins the World Energy Council (WEC) as a Senior Fellow, European Policies and Partnership Development. Kisel will be responsible for developing WEC's Patron and Global Partner programme, helping new partners to engage with our network of 3000 member organisations. Kisel will also help strengthen and build […]
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A dreary, slow-moving storm front that drenched southern Louisiana Tuesday night and Wednesday got enough momentum Thursday to leave the area behind but not before leaving a parting gift of tornadoes and more rain, flooding streets and swelling bayous and rivers for a second day.
The flooding and tornados prompted Gov. Bobby Jindal to declare a statewide state of emergency Thursday to clear the way for state assistance.
The storm caused significant damage in the Acadiana region, particularly to the west of Lafayette in Acadia Parish, where as much as 12 inches of rain fell from Tuesday to Thursday, flooding homes in Crowley, Church Point and the surrounding rural areas.
A tornado ripped through Breaux Bridge early Thursday, damaging more than 30 homes and businesses along its path, according to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office.
Although Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport received more than 2 inches of rain overnight on Wednesday and Thursday, the rainfall overall was bit less than earlier predictions of an additional 2 to 4 inches for the region after doses of up to 7 inches Wednesday, said Christopher Bannan, meteorologist for the National Weather Service forecast office in Slidell.
He said the storm front stalled in Lafayette and Eunice Wednesday night and was robbed of some of its moisture by rains along the coast of Louisiana.
Officials in Ascension and Livingston parishes said they continued to monitor closed roads and waterways, as water levels in bayous and canals that had gone down Wednesday evening came back up on Thursday. Pumps in Ascension continued to move out high water.
"Overall it looked a little better today than it did yesterday," said Gonzales Mayor Barney Arceneaux.
Flash flood watches in place since Tuesday ended late Thursday afternoon in the Baton Rouge area as the storm was on its way out, Bannan said
"Right now, we are pretty much done with this event," he said.
High water still posed an obstacle for many Thursday as water continued to cover parking lots, front yards and driveways but reports of structures flooding were few, officials said.
Friends and family helped Shirley Shampaine, 70, a retired sausage and chemical plant worker, put sandbags around her flooded patio on Beech Street in Sorrento Thursday and use a shop-vac to remove the water inside. The ground-level patio is attached to her raised mobile home.
Shampaine, who has lived in the Oak Terrace subdivision off Brittany Road since 1977, said Turtle Bayou, which flows behind her home, backed up into her patio for a second time in decades. The last time was Hurricane Isaac last year.
"Thank, God, I got kids," she said, as she watched her son, his wife and others unload sandbags.
Shampaine later heaved bags herself in the ankle to knee-deep water.
In Livingston Parish, rescuers in high-water vehicles helped people whose vehicles stalled in high water and those whose homes were threatened by flash flooding,
Mark Harrell, director of the Livingston Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness, said emergency personnel handled 30 to 35 of those cases Thursday.
He said a boat was used in one instance to pick up people stranded in a house on Horseshoe Road east of the Tickfaw River.
As the front began moving east early Thursday, parts of the Baton Rouge area were put under a tornado watch for nearly six hours Thursday morning until about 10:15 a.m.
In addition to the tornado in Breaux Bridge, the moving front spawned weak early morning tornadoes in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish at 7:35 a.m. and possibly a third northeast of Franklinton in Washington Parish about 10:39 a.m. Thursday, said Bannan, the National Weather Service meteorologist.
Johnnie Balfantz, spokesman for Ascension public schools, said schools in northern part of the parish, including Prairievile and Dutchtown, were ordered to shelter in place while tornado warnings were in effect.
According to the National Weather Service, many rivers in East Baton Rouge, Ascension and other Florida Parishes remained above flood stage by Thursday evening, including the Comite near Joor Road, the Amite at Denham Springs, the Tickfaw at Holden, the Tangipahoa at Robert and Tchfuncte near Covington. Others in flood stage include the Natalbany, Bogue Chitto, Pearl and Bogue Falaya.
Most rivers were expected to crest at the locations in flood stage Thursday — with just with minor flooding mostly — between midnight and 5 p.m. Friday.
Based on the information he has received, Harrell said he doesn't expect serious backwater flooding to follow the flash flooding of Wednesday and Thursday.
However, parish waterways will remain closed to all but emergency traffic because of debris and the potential for boats to push wakes into homes and camps, he said.
Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez told the Parish Council in Donaldsonville Thursday night that officials continued to watch Bayou Manchac at Alligator Bayou. He said water could reach Alligator Bayou Road.
Bannan said moderate showers are expected mid or late Sunday.
Damage assessments were not yet complete, but floodwaters rose throughout Acadiana, particularly to the west of Lafayette in Acadia Parish, where water flooded homes in Crowley, Church Point and surrounding rural areas.
"About 8 o'clock I woke up and there was water in my house," said Ashley Trahan, whose home was one of several that took on water in the Shady Oaks subdivision in Crowley.
Floodwaters were pushing hard against her front and back doors, she said, and someone yelled to stay put because help was on the way.
Trahan said she kicked out the screen of her bedroom window and rescuers in a boat pulled her and her three children to safety.
She still seemed a bit shaken Thursday afternoon when telling of the rescue at her sister's house on the next street over.
Most of the water had receded from homes in Crowley by Thursday afternoon, but several roads were still covered.
Advocate staff writers Bob Anderson, Bret McCormick, Billy Gunn and Richard Burgess contributed to this article.


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Coral Inspired Playsuit
Added Oct 30, 2012
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Hello again! Over the summer i became obsessed with playsuits, only because i tried my hand at making one (polka dot) and it turned out better than I had imagined. So for my 20th birthday night out i wanted something unique eyecatching and lust-worhty, play(suit) time! Whilst away at the sports resort Club La Santa in Lanzarote with my super sporty boyfriend, i found myself thinking back to my diving exam in Egypt, and the amazing coral, and the…..wait coral!? I suddenly realised i would based my playsuit on the brightly colour coral, but how….the only way in the summer has to be tie-dye so be it! I used the same pattern as i did for the polka paysuit but made the neck line a sweetheart. Because this was going to be cotton i had to make it miles too big to give it extra stretch. So once tiedyed i used the entire piece of fabric to make up the playsuit, finally once together I added lots of teenie-weenie crystals and layered sequins, just so that when it hit the light there would be sparkly magic!!!!!
*Sorry the best images are of me and a friend pretending to be angry lions and lemurs, but they are just so cool.
Material Notes
Dylon hand dye; tropical blue and flamingo pink
1.13m x1m of white polycotton
100 blue and pink swaroski bicone crystals
100's of silver and gold sequins.
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Oct 31, 2012, 07.00 PMby smallone
wow your tie dye is so pretty….not usually a fan ….but loving your fabric here.
Oct 30, 2012, 09.38 PMby Marusya Grace
I really like your playsuit! It'll be interesting what you will come up for your 21st birthday!!
Oct 30, 2012, 08.35 PMby merche
Lovely! it´s wonderful how the inspiration came to your head, Absolutely gorgeous. I´m sure you enjoyed your stay in Lanzarote ;)
Oct 30, 2012, 05.38 PMby DanaRose84
Amazing work! Your tie dying turned out beautifully. I want a playsuit (they're called rompers in the magazines here but playsuit is so much better) but I'm terrified of the inevitable fit issues (I'm a pear).
Great job!
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Les Miz Cleans Up at Christmas Box Office
With $18 million.
The much-anticipated (to put it mildly) musical extravaganza brought in $18 million yesterday, making it your Christmas box office winner. Django Unchained was second with a remarkable $15.5 million; The Hobbit rounded out the top three with over $10 million. Share your most uncomfortable family moviegoing moment — maybe the Jamie Foxx near-ball-snipping? — in the comments!


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Gwyneth Paltrow often doles out diet advice -- and she takes it, too. Speaking to British newspaper The Observer, the 40-year-old It's All Good cookbook author reveals that fellow A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio changed her opinions about healthy eating when they were both living in New York City in the early '90s.
"He was vegetarian and he'd talk about how dirty meat is and how bad factory farming is. I haven't eaten red meat in 20 years, and although Leo's not totally responsible, he definitely planted a seed," Paltrow says of DiCaprio, 38. "When I turned seriously macrobiotic, it coincided with my father having been diagnosed with cancer [in 1999]. I felt I could heal him by proxy." (Director Bruce Paltrow passed away in 2002).
VIDEO: Gwyneth Paltrow exclaims: "I'm a lush!"
Paltrow -- who says she "subsisted on" coffee, cigarettes and french fries while attending Manhattan's famed Spence school -- says she's long been a health nut. "All I do is try to eat and cook real food, the way our ancestors would. It's funny how people react, as if it's revolutionary that I don't want my children to eat Oreos, or the English equivalent, every day. I believe in real food, things being delicious, and butter, in minimally processed delicious foods and raw milk cheese and properly raised chicken and line-caught fish," the Oscar winner says. "But I'm a realist and I have kids and I love Oreos too, so honestly I'm not rigid at all."
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The actress' love of food comes from her "working class" father. "Going out to eat was a big deal to him, always. He relished every bite and wanted me to weigh in with opinions. I remember his delight when, aged 6, I ate my first oysters," she recalls. "I wish he was alive to feed my kids their first oysters."
Paltrow adds, "Because food is so associated with him, since he died I've had melancholic associations. It's very hard for me to make buttermilk pancakes -- they're so specific to him and I get choked up every time. I get really sad he's not with me when I discover a new restaurant or return somewhere he loved, like Chez L'Ami Louis in Paris."
PHOTOS: Gwyneth Paltrow through the years
The Iron Man 3 actress, who lives in London with husband Chris Martin and their two children Apple and Moses, says she didn't start cooking meals of her own until she quit college to become an actress. "My husband prefers my food to any other," Paltrow brags. "It's very sweet."
The two-time cookbook author loves that her family gets to try cuisines from another culture, although Paltrow admits she doesn't love every aspect of raising her kids abroad. "I've lived in England for 10 years and the accent is the most beautiful in the world, except for how you pronounce 'pasta' as 'pasta' instead of 'pah-sta,'" she tells The Observer. "I'm sort of joking when I say this but I really don't want my children speaking that way."
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Gwyneth Paltrow: Leonardo DiCaprio Encouraged Me to Stop Eating Red Meat


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Oregon lawmakers make public records secret
By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Of the Associated Press
SALEM — The Oregon Legislature is looking at two bills that would curtail access to public records.
Both measures have advanced through the legislative process without opposition at any stage. Lawmakers say they're protecting people's privacy, but government transparency advocates worry about adding even more exemptions to Oregon's public records law.
The state Senate voted Monday to block access to personal information from electronic fare cards that Portland's transit agency plans to adopt. The measure is headed to Gov. John Kitzhaber's desk for a signature or veto.
Also on Monday, a Senate committee advanced a bill prohibiting disclosure of agreements related to the conservation of sage grouse, a threatened bird. That measure is headed for a vote in the full Senate, likely later this week.
The two new exemptions would join more than 400 that already exist in Oregon's public records law, up from just 55 when the law was first adopted in 1973 in the midst of the Watergate scandal.
Access to information is critical for the public to know what public officials are up to, what decisions are being made and whether government is operating efficiently, said Tim Gleason, former dean of the University of Oregon journalism school who is now special assistant to the provost.
Gleason said he wasn't familiar enough with the bills considered Monday to comment on them specifically. But he said lawmakers have steadily added exemptions to the public records law without any analysis about "the impact of this bill-by-bill erosion of public access."
"In isolation, each one of these seems like a good idea," Gleason said. "It's only when you look at the cumulative effect that you begin to see the serious problem."
TriMet, the mass-transit area in metro Portland, plans to roll out an electronic system for collecting fares. Individual accounts will have personally identifiable information about TriMet users as well as their travel patterns. HB 4086 would prohibit disclosure of that information.
"Citizens have an important interest in keeping their personal travel patterns and travel history private and not available for public consumption," Timothy Snider, a Portland attorney who represents TriMet, wrote in testimony submitted to the House Judiciary Committee.
The sage grouse bill, HB 4093, is aimed at increasing participation among ranchers in efforts to prevent the listing of the sage grouse as an endangered species, said Rep. Cliff Bentz, the Ontario Republican who sponsored it. Listing under the Endangered Species Act would trigger strict conservation measures that would be detrimental to the Eastern Oregon economy, he said.
In an effort to avoid it, local officials hope landowners will voluntarily submit plans to mitigate dangers for the birds. But Ranchers are concerned that anyone, including animal rights groups or competitors, could get access to their personal and business information, said Tom Sharp, a Harney County rancher who is leading the effort to secure voluntary participation in the conservation plan.
"It's important to the state of Oregon that we try to avoid an ESA listing of the sage grouse," Sharp said.
The existing privacy exemption in Oregon's public records law prohibits release of "information of a personal nature...if public disclosure would constitute an unreasonable invasion of privacy."


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February 07, 2013 17:13 ET
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - Feb. 7, 2013) - Gensource Capital Corporation ("Gensource" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GSP) announces that Mr. Norman Brewster is stepping down as Chairman and director of Gensource Capital Corporation for personal reasons. We would like to thank him for his service and wish him well.
Mr. Michael Newman director of Gensource Capital Corporation has been appointed as interim Chairman until the next annual general meeting to be held in June of this year. The Company will be undertaking a Board review and will report at the annual meeting.
"I would personally like to thank Norm for his guidance and advice; he is a seasoned resource veteran. I am pleased that Michael has agreed to step in as Chairman and I look forward to working with him to build a great company," said Alan Cruickshank President and CEO of Gensource Capital Corporation.
About Gensource Capital Corporation
Gensource Capital Corporation is a merchant bank based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, focused on developing resource opportunities. The primary project is a wholly-owned subsidiary, Gensource Potash Corp., also based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Gensource Potash Corp. is led by Mike Ferguson P.Eng., President and CEO. Mr. Ferguson has assembled a world class management team with direct and specific interest in potash development.
This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the completion of the Offering and the use of proceeds of the Offering. These statements are based on certain factors and assumptions, including expected growth, results of operations, performance and business prospects and opportunities. While the Company considers these factors and assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to results of exploration, project development, reclamation and capital costs of the companies in the merchant banking portfolios ("investee companies"), and the Company's financial condition and prospects, could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements for many reasons such as: changes in general economic conditions and conditions in the financial markets; changes in demand and prices for the minerals the investee companies expect to produce; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; technological and operational difficulties encountered in connection with the activities of the Company and investee companies. Additional risks and uncertainties can be found in our Management's Discussion and Analysis and in filings with the Canadian provincial securities commissions. Forward-looking statements are given only as at the date of this news release and the Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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